The Minister of Education of the Nation, Nicols Trotta, warned today that “the conditions are not met epidemiological“for a return to lessons in the Buenos aires city, although he praised the willingness of the port government to reach 5,000 students who had no contact with their teachers since the beginning of social isolation.
Trotta’s position was known after the head of the Government portrayed, Horacio Rodrguez Larreta, announced its intention to return to classes in the coming weeks some 5,100 public school students who had internet connectivity problems, a measure that generated the immediate rejection of the CTERA teachers union.
Although Trotta praised the portean proposal to “carry out a socio-educational policy to reach the homes of the more than 5000 boys and girls who have not had contact with their teachers”, he clarified that at this time “the priority is the care of the health of the educational community,
In addition, he requested “the presentation of the protocols” for the opening of “school computer cabinets that will improve pedagogical continuity.”
The City’s announcement generated the rejection of the Ctera, which considered that the AMBA region “is far from being considered a safe area for activities where a large number of people such as schools congregate.”
“We are extremely concerned about the impact of the pandemic on the teaching and learning processes of all girls, boys and adolescents as well as on its subjective dimension,” Trotta said in a public statement.
“We work -he continued- in those regions where epidemiological conditions are present, to promote the return to the classroom, as have been the cases of certain regions in the provinces of San Juan and Formosa and will be, next Tuesday, in departments of Catamarca “.
The minister stressed that he welcomes “any initiative of the educational jurisdictions that implies prioritizing the presence of the State in guaranteeing the right to education for those students who have not had contact with their teachers.”
“This is the objective of the Acompaar program in which progress is being made in conjunction with the 24 educational jurisdictions,” he said.
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